Temporary Stedelijk (4)

©Karl Nawrot, Goblin and GhostTemporary Stedelijk (4)“(…) The Stedelijk forgot the internet, the Stedelijk overlooked the abundance of young and promising artists that the city itself has to offer. As simple as that. We think it’s incomprehensible that big institutions like the Stedelijk don’t offer a stage for innovative and young artists whom are there right in front of them. Isn’t it the responsibility of these institutions to invest time, effort and attention in it?This is why we came up with the plan of showing an alternative; to tell the story of what is happening in the here and now. To somehow show the works of young artists from Amsterdam to the audience they deserve. We wanted to create a platform to tell this story, our story and to tell the artist’s story on the stage of the museum. When we found out the museum didn’t buy their own name on the internet, we did. And we created this website to show what Amsterdam has to offer when it comes down to innovating art.Art, as all human action, is connected to the context it originates from. It is important to tell these stories. So, what we did: We went out the door, walked into the city, and brought the works and stories of these people back home, to put them together in virtual exhibitions on the stage of the museum. Every month a new virtual exhibition will be organized on this website; easily accessible and free from the nuisance of closed buildings. Always open.Hopefully, the museum will realize its role, to show the here and now to their audience.(…)”Amber van den Eeden & Kalle Mattsson

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